full blast

adverb

: at full capacity : with great intensity

Examples of full blast in a Sentence

the unsuspecting parents arrived home to find the stereo going full blast and the kitchen a mess
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Set on full blast, the July is quiet; gone are those old-timey window unit vibrations. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2025 Since mice don’t care for extreme heat, park in the sun on a hot day with the windows up, or turn the heater on full blast to drive them to a cooler place. Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 The Oscars are behind us, and the summer movie season hasn’t yet hit us full blast: Springtime is always the point at which some of the best new movies of the year start showing up. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2025 Howl estimates a burn time of eight hours per 20-lb tank when going full blast or days on end when dialing it back. New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for full blast

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of full blast was in 1909

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“Full blast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full%20blast. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

full blast

adverb
: with all power or resources being used
a sawmill running full blast
the stereo was going full blast
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